I don't "need" anything in a book, but it sure was handy to have a full, detailed breakdown with a lot of pictures when I read the first edition of the book without first having to installing some software (CouchDB) that, at the time when I bought the book to learn about it, I did not know if I had actual use for, and did not want to spend time finding my way through its interface in order to find out.
The admin interface of 2.0 will probably be familiar since I've already learned my way around older releases. Nonetheless, I think that there is no question about the fact that if there comes a second edition of the book that is going to cover 2.0, and seeing as how the first edition has some stuff about the admin interface, that's obviously going to need to be updated, no question about it.
So when I buy the next edition of the book, I will probably just skim through the admin interface stuff, but not all readers will have used a previous version of CouchDB, so to some of them, having that covered and up to date will be valuable like it was to me the first time I wanted to know about CouchDB.
So if you think I'm saying that I need the book to learn the admin interface, I think you did not understand what I meant, because that is not what I meant. I meant that I want to learn about mango and clustering, and that I also expect the next edition of the book to have the parts about the admin interface updated.
Ok, I don't think you meant you need the book just for the admin interface, I just made a jerky comment.
I was, however, under the impression that you actually needed a book for a lot of things and I didn't like that feeling.
However, now that you explained, I understand how good can a good book be. I also read that CouchDB book almost entirely before going on to use the database, before thinking about it, or having a need for it, and that made wonders to me. I had forgotten about this fact of my life. Thank you for reminding me.
The admin interface of 2.0 will probably be familiar since I've already learned my way around older releases. Nonetheless, I think that there is no question about the fact that if there comes a second edition of the book that is going to cover 2.0, and seeing as how the first edition has some stuff about the admin interface, that's obviously going to need to be updated, no question about it.
So when I buy the next edition of the book, I will probably just skim through the admin interface stuff, but not all readers will have used a previous version of CouchDB, so to some of them, having that covered and up to date will be valuable like it was to me the first time I wanted to know about CouchDB.
So if you think I'm saying that I need the book to learn the admin interface, I think you did not understand what I meant, because that is not what I meant. I meant that I want to learn about mango and clustering, and that I also expect the next edition of the book to have the parts about the admin interface updated.